Albert Einstein, n.Trivia

Albert Einstein is a pi-day birthday boy (march 14th) in 1879

Albert Einstein slept 10 hours a night

Einstein's eyes are currently sitting in a safe deposit box in New York.

Albert Einstein was followed by the FBI as a suspected communist. He had a file 1,400 long because of his membership in an anti-lynching civil rights group

Albert Einstein was never able to drive a car

"I want to go when I want, it's tasteless to prolong life artificially, I've done my share, it's time to go, I will do it elegantly" [refusing surgery]

Albert Einstein never wore any socks.

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 but he declined.

Albert Einstein never wore socks.

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.

Einstein once gave a note in lieu of a tip to a Japanese courier: “a quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest”.

Einstein's brain went missing after his death and wasn't found for 23 years.

Albert Einstein hated wearing socks.

Albert Einstein was a member of the NAACP.

J. Edgar Hoover recommended that Einstein be kept out of America by the Alien Exclusion Act, but he was overruled by the U.S. State Department. FBI spied on Einstein for 22 years and kept a dossier with 1400+ Pages on him.

Einstein actually had an illegitimate daughter that was born in 1906.

Einstein was one of the 5,000 people who signed a petition to reverse Germany's ban on homosexuality.